7 Days Lhasa, Gyangtse And Shigatse Tour

Arrive
in Lhasa
Arrive in Lhasa,
you will be met by our guide and
transferred to your Hotel. Our
guide will greet you at the airport
outside the luggage claim area,
holding a sign with your name
on it. Visit the Nietang Buddha
on the way.

Day
02

Lhasa
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Tour to the Potala Palace, the
Sera Monastery, the Norbulingka
and visit a Tibetan family.

Potala
Palace: An architecture group situated on the top of the Red Hill in Lhasa, it consists of temples, palaces, and dormitories. Covering an area of over 130,000 square meters, Potala Palace originally hosted the meditation retreat of Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo, who built the first palace there in 637. It used to be the residence of Dalai Lamas and the political center of Tibet from 1649 until 1959. Sera
Monastery: Built in 1419, it is one of the six main monasteries of the Gelugpa of the Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery is famous for the daily spiritual debates of the monks. Covering an area of 114,946 square meters, Sera Monastery has many Buddha statues and beautiful murals in the halls.
Norbulingka: Built by the 7th Dalai Lama in 1755, it was the former summer residence of the 8th Dalai Lama. Norbulingka means Jewel Garden in Tibetan, it has an abundance of chapels, gardens, fountains, and pools as well as a variety of beautiful flowers and trees.

Day
03

Lhasa
(Breakfast
+ Lunch)
Tour to the Jokhang Temple, the
Drepung Monastery, the Tibet Museum
and visit the Barkhor Street.

Jokhang
Temple: Located in the center of old Lhasa city, the monastery was first built in 647AD by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo. It is a prime seat of the Gelugpa of the Tibetan Buddhism with many invaluable cultural relics. Every year, the Great Prayer Festival is held here. In 2000, Jokhang Temple was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Drepung Monastery: Known for its high standards in academic study, it was called the Nalanda of Tibet. Drepung Monastery was built in 1416, it currently covers an area of 250,000 square meters. In its heyday, it held as many as 7,700 monks. One of the monastery's highlights is the thangka unveiling at the Shoton Festival in August.
Tibet Museum: Covering an area of 54,000 square meters, it demonstrates a traditional Tibetan architectural style. Starting with the prehistory of Tibet, the multiple halls cover a variety of interesting exhibits: Tibetan handicrafts, costumes, jewellery, weapons and musical instruments.Barkhor
Street: With a history of more than 1300 years, it is the oldest street in Lhasa. Barkhor Street is the window of Tibet, it exhibits articles showing typical Tibetan life. All kinds of interesting commodities show all aspects of Tibetan culture, economy, religion, and arts.

Yamdrok
Yumtso Lake: One of Tibet's three holy lakes with an elegant view - you will never see such blues. It is an outflowing lake which is connected with the Yarlung Tsangpo River, since the colors of the water were almost indescribably beautiful, and the mountain backdrop made this even more special. Yamdrok Yumtso abounds in small scale fishes, Tibetan fish, plateau carps etc. Palkhor
Monastery: Palkhor Monastery
is a kind of typical Tibetan Buddhism
monastery architecture combined
stupa and temple, with temples
in the stupa, stupas in the temple.
The stupas and temples stay harmoniously
and bring out the best in each
other. Its architecture fully
represents a typical style of
monasteries from thirteenth century
to fifteenth century in Later
Tibetan area, which is also the
unique monasteries with both the
temple and stupa being kept well
today.

Day
05

Gyangtse
- Shigatse(Breakfast
+ Lunch + Dinner)
Drive to Shigatse - the second
largest city in Tibet. Visit the
New Palace of Panchen and
the Tashilhunpo Monastery.

Tashilhunpo
Monastery: Tashilhunpo Monastery,
also called the Heap of Glory,
is one of the Six Big Monasteries
of Yellow Hat Sect in Tibet. Tashilhunpo
is the seat of the Panchen Lama
since the Fourth Panchen Lama
took charge in the monastery,
and there are now nearly 800 lamas.

Departure
from Lhasa(Breakfast)
Transfer to the airport ready
for your departure. We wish you
have a pleasant journey home.

2. Hotel Accommodation For This Tour

Destination

Luxury

Standard

Comfortable

Lhasa

Xin Ding
Hotel

Yuanfeng
Hotel

Xiangbala
Hotel

Gyangtse

Gyangtse
Hotel

Gyangtse
Hotel

Gyangtse
Hotel

Shigatse

Shigatse
Hotel

Shigatse
Hotel

Shigatse
Hotel

3. Tour Price

Please send us an email
and provide the information below so that we
can quote precisely
for the above tour.
1. The number of adults and the number of children
in your party. If there are children under 12
years, they can enjoy the preferential price.
2. Your approximate travel date.
3. The code of the tour that you are interested
in. Each tour has a code, you can find it above
- at the top of the page where the tour is.
4. Hotel choice for your tour (luxury or standard
or comfortable hotels).
5. If you would like us to tailor make a new
tour for you that is different from the above
tour, please let us know your requests.

4. Inclusion For The Above Tour:

1. Airport or hotel pick-up
and drop-off service in cities listed in the
itinerary.
2. Private English-speaking tour guide, driver
and car service as indicated in the itinerary.
3. The admission tickets for scenic spots listed
in the itinerary.
4. Service charge and government taxes.
5. The air ticket of economic class, taxes and
dues for the flights as listed in the itinerary.
6. Fourteen-night hotel accommodation in twin
shared room with daily breakfast.
7. A lunch served on board as listed in the
itinerary.
8. Tibet entry permit based on the listed itinerary.

Cancellation and refund policy
for Tours reservation
If you want to cancel your booking or part of
it, you must advise us in advance. The letter
must be signed by the lead name on the booking
and once we receive it you should expect to
receive a cancellation letter within 24 hours.
If you do not then please contact us to ensure
your letter has been received.
To cover the cost of processing your cancellation
and to compensate us for the risk that we may
not be able to resell your travel arrangements,
we make a cancellation charge on the scale shown
below. The person who made the booking is responsible
for paying this charge. The size of the charge
depends on when we receive your cancellation
notice or letter or how you would like us to
deal with your payment providing that we have
received your full payment for the tours.
No Cancellation Fees if written cancellation
notice is received more than 30 days prior to
tour departure!
Cancellation in advance & Cancellation penalty
More than 30 days, no Cancellation Fee
30-10 days, 50% of the full payment
9-0 days or no show, 100% of the full payment

7. Pricing Policy

The price is set as four travelers
together, usually more people more discounts.
See Price Calendar on top right corner.Please
fill out Tailor-made form for free if you have
over 10 travelers, and we will calculate a more
favorable quoted price.

Accommodation
The quoted price contains Standard Tour Class
lodging, and we offer hotel upgrade service.
You can choose to upgrade hotel when booking,
the price will change accordingly.
Not all hotels can provide Standard Triple Room
if you want three travelers in one room, they
may arrange extra bed service. The additional
fee for an extra bed is Single Supplement, and
it is included in the final price.
Your earlier arrival to Beijing later departure
from Hong Kong can be adjusted on line; but
the extra charge is not included in the original
charge.
The single supplement is not included in the
quoted price except single traveler's price.
We choose only centrally located hotels with
western standard service and breakfast. However,
we can also arrange good location and clean
local hotels with lower prices. Please inquiry
for details.

Breakfast
The breakfast is subject to hotels' arrangements,
they may offer western food or Western &
Chinese Buffet in the morning.
Child's breakfast is included only when he/she
occupy a bed. Otherwise the hotel may charge
an extra fee for the breakfast.

Lunch and Dinner (Optional)
The original price excludes lunch and dinner
unless particular illustration. Usually, dinner
and lunch are optional Chinese food with local
flavor, and the meal price is charged based
on the group size.
If you have some preferences on meals such as
vegetarian meal and diabetic meal, please make
us know in Special Requirements.
Please also fill the Special Requirements if
you want other choices such as Hindu meal, Halal
food or Western food, etc. You are suggested
to uncheck lunch and diner when booking. We
will try to arrange it and your meal price is
charged by the local restaurant.
Our guide will lead you to your favorite restaurants
when you don't select meals, the meal fee is
at your own. Besides, your group should pay
an extra 100RMB per day in cash to the driver
and guide.

Transfer Service
We offer free airport/railway station transfer
service as specified in the itinerary. As for
earlier arrival or later departure, you will
be charged a bit of service fee and guide service
is not provided. Please provide train/flight
number, arrival time and contact information
in Special Requirements.
Usually, local guide will drop you off at security
checkpoint of airport or railway station without
guide serve on the flight or train. And the
transfer guide may be not the same of that on
the tour.

Flight
We promise to offer flights operated by major
airlines such as Air China, China Southern Airlines,
China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airline, etc.
or local big airlines such as Shenzhen Airlines,
Xiamen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Shanghai
Airlines and Shandong Airlines and so forth.
And the aircraft type is Airbus A3XX Series
or Boeing 7-Series. Any change due to objective
cause, we will ask your permission in advance.

Scenic Spots
Children, between 2 to 12 years old and under
1.3 meters (4.3 feet), can get discount.